Bo'ness 2 Queen's Park 1

PAUL SHIELDS bagged Bo'ness a bumper third round tie and revealed he's enjoying the best football of his career.

PAUL SHIELDS bagged Bo'ness a bumper third round tie and revealed he's enjoying the best football of his career.

The former Raith Rovers and Celtic frontman pounced with 14 minutes left.

Derek Fleming slotted a terrific quick free-kick in front of Shields from 25 yards and he closed in on goal from the right to steer a fine low shot away from keeper Gordon McPherson.

The junior outfit fell behind to a James Brough diving header in eight minutes but levelled with a Fleming penalty just before the break.

Shields said: "People see the result as a shock but we don't.

"When the draw was made we fancied our chances. They are a fairly young team and we have a lot of ex-pros in our side.

"It was a bit of a soft penalty for our equaliser - Chris Donnelly said he got a push in the back. But we should have had a penalty from the incident that led to the corner when Martin McBride's shot was handled past a post.

"It's a great day for the club and all the people behind the scenes. This is the best time of my career - I love it here."

Queen's had the upper hand in the first half after Martin McBride's deep free-kick to the back post set up Brough for the opener.

They had few clear-cut chances after that but the match erupted when Spiders defender Paul Gallacher was ruled to have shoved Donnelly in the back at a corner.

Despite fierce protests Fleming stepped up to ram the spot-kick home in first-half stoppage time.

Bo'ness stormed into the second half and John Fraser released Shields with a tremendous flicked pass only for McPherson to rush out and beat away his shot in 54 minutes.

Ian Watt squandered a good chance at the other end when he sclaffed a left-foot shot off target.

But quick thinking from Shields and Fleming secured the winner in 74 minutes.

The ex-Dunfermline defender flighted a free-kick into the box and Shields latched on to it to slot it across McPherson and into the far side of the net.

Bo'ness boss Willie Newbigging said: "It's a great result and a great day. We will take anyone at home in the next round because our crowd are fantastic."

Gutted Spiders boss Gardner Speirs said: "We switched off for the second goal and the penalty, well, the ref never saw it because he said later someone gave a push so he didn't know who it was."